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I'm going to be in France, The UK, Belgium, and Germany in May and June!

I'm quite sure I know many people in at least some of these places and I'd love to see as many of you as I can make happen!

As I noted to Ian just now, seeing things is great and awesome and absolutely something I want to do, but the highlight of travel for me is seeing people, especially ones I've known for ages but never met in person.

Tentative schedule currently is:

- arrive in Paris the morning of May 26th
- May 26-June 5 - various locations in France including but not necessarily limited to Paris and Limoges.
- plane from somewhere in France to Birmingham the morning of the 5th of June.
- June 5-7 VidUKon in Birmingham
- June 7-??? - various locations in the UK including London and Portsmouth, other options depending on people and travel options.
- ??? - Train from London to Brussels
- 2 days later - sleeper from Brussels to Berlin
- ??? (tbd quite soon) - fly home from Berlin.

I'll be buying my flight home in the next couple days, at which point all the dates between Birmingham and Berlin will firm up at least a bit.

This is going to be my first time in Europe since I lived in Berlin for three months in 2000. I've never been to France. I've never been to Belgium. The last time I was in England was a high school trip in 1997. It's all both incredibly exciting and kind of terrifying.

Also, while I've done some solo travelling in the US and Canada, both my previous trips to Europe I was always travelling with at least one other person. So that adds an extra layer of nerves.

So, where should I go??? Who should I see??? How much can I vibrate out of my skin with nerves and excitement between now and the end of May???

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Hello all! How is it going?

Also, how was writing today? Any snacks you like to have while writing?

umadoshi

Last week was once again mostly swallowed by work and I'm very tired, plus I have to final-read a rewrite this afternoon.

Between Friday night and yesterday, I managed to read a couple manga volumes and

scruloose and I saw the new ep. of The Pitt.

That's all I've got right now.

Current Mood: exhausted

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Title: An Unexpected Situation
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Rating: G
Length: 1,284 words,
Summary: Following his father's death, Lucas doesn't anticipate any further problems. Meanwhile, the solicitor Mr Huggins' anticipation is rather different.

( Adam Carter dialled a number )

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mxcatmoon

So, I've been thinking about how everyone watches their favorite shows with their own particular way of seeing the world. This is why some people see certain ships and others don't.

It started with my pondering how people could watch something I personally think is pretty blatant and not see it. In my quest to figure it out, I've listened to a couple of Miami Vice episode reaction podcasts, and I gotta say, I was frankly pretty surprised by their take on some things. The way I relate to others myself is how I interpret subtext (or lack thereof). For instance...

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Current Mood: contemplative

rmc28

12 games into our 20-game season, Kodiaks 2 finally notched up a win! We beat Lee Valley Vampires 1-0 last night. That single goal was scored with about ten minutes to go, and it was a long ten minutes, and especially a long last minute on the bench after my final shift, waiting to see if we'd do it. I was literally crying in the post-game huddle and handshake line. This team, this team that we dragged into existence in the face of multiple obstacles, this amazing bunch of women. We won, we won, we won.

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The Way to a Beautiful World by James Norbury

Another collection of cartoons, loosely woven into a tale. A little more loosely than in Journey, which benefitted it. Most could work as stand-alones, and are the strongest.

ride_4ever

Watch on YouTube

Current Mood: circadian rhythm disrupted
Current Location: near the lake they call Michigan

musesfool

Went to the office yesterday and as much as I enjoyed seeing so many of my co-workers, almost no work got done. it is just not a good use of time if they want us to be productive. Since it's an open office and we are all sitting together with no walls between us, we just chat and jump into each other's conversations and people stop by and also join in, and it's great for socializing but most of my work is stuff that requires concentration and quiet, which is in short supply at the office. But the anniversary celebration is a lot of fun and I probably won't have to attend another one for 4 more years. *g*

Our next in-office day is in late April, and I floated the idea of maybe bringing in baked goods, so I'm already considering what recipe I might choose to make, since I can experiment.

Today, I made these orange shortbread cookies and they're good, though I would zest another orange (I did 2 this time) if I make them again. Also I didn't sift the flour and instead of rolling out the dough and using cookie cutters, I rolled it into a log and just sliced them (after chilling), since they are just for me so there was no need to get fancy.

I also planned to caramelize onions overnight in the slow cooker, but then I ended up engrossed in F.D. Signifier's Tyler Perry video (which is FOUR HOURS long - I have one hour left but I'm taking a break to watch the WBC) and didn't end up doing the slicing I need to do, so I figure I'll do it in the morning, let them slow cook for most of the day, and then make French onion pasta for dinner. Anyway, I have never seen a Tyler Perry movie or show, but F.D. Signifier's videos are always worth watching.

So yeah, I've been sort of paying attention to the WBC and why is the "S" in USA like a strip of curly bacon on the Team USA jersey??? Once I saw it I couldn't unsee it. Also so many of these unis could be cool and yet so many of them are just meh. Design fail, Nike! Come on! Also, I might be rooting for the DR since Juan Soto is on that team; if Lindor were in it, I'd probably be rooting for Puerto Rico. Though of course I was pleased for Clay Holmes just now, and will be interested to see Nolan McLean pitch.

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Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: USA vs Great Britain on tv

resonant

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Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

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[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #1001 ]

The first secret from this batch will be posted on March 14th.

RULES:
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More details on how to send a secret in!

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brightknightie

Here are some recent fannish things I've happened to see and would like to share!

Spotlight: As a gift, I received a "Collectible Crime Classics" copy of The Benson Murder Case (1926) by S.S. Van Dine. I'd never heard of the author and barely of his detective, Philo Vance, though they'd apparently been tremendously popular and influential in their day (12 novels, dozens of radio serials and movies). So I settled in to enjoy the first in this "classic" series... and soon discovered why I was not familiar and why no one is remaking these today. ( Read more... )

Ficathons, fests & communities

Create & engage
- marchmetamatterschallenge is in progress. Locate, preserve, and create fannish meta (essays, timelines, concordances, maps, etc.).
- bethefirst, the annual challenge to write the first story in a fandom, is open for both sign-ups and submissions through 4/20.
- worldbuildex, an exchange focused on worldbuilding, has nominations through 3/10, sign-ups through 3/21, due 5/16.
- rehome-your-fic ("Shelter for Abandoned Fics") is a project to "re-home" abandoned WIPs from an author who will never finish them to one who will. You can surrender a fic or foster a surrendered fic.
- 40daysofdrabbles is posting daily winter/spring-themed prompts through Easter.
- retrowrimay is a month-long challenge to write tropes, tags, and formats that have fallen out of style.
- unsent_letters_exchange, the epistolary exchange (need not literally be letters, much less unsent), has sign-ups through 3/09, due 4/25.
- domaystic is the annual May-long promptfest for domestic stories.
- fkficfest, the annual Forever Knight event, is on for '26, with a summer due date to be announced.
- pokepodproject, the event to create a fic+podfic for every pokémon, is holding an "Unown" mini round. Sign-ups close 3/08; stories due 3/17.
- allbingo's March theme is "crafting."
- trope_of_the_month's March theme is "mirror universe."
- pinchhits is a community for posting needed fills for exchanges. For example, traumaticexperiences and au5k are currently seeking pinch hitters.
- whenisitdue tracks many more events than I note here!
Enjoy & share
- fancake (themed fanfic recs); March theme: "siblings"
- gensplosion (gen fanfic recs)
- het_reccers (m/f fanfic recs)
- fanart_recs (fanart recs)
- recthething (fanwork recs)

Sidelight: Nintendo is suing the US government for full tariff refunds plus interest. The Switch 2 console premiered last year; shipping and stocking worldwide were affected as Nintendo raced to get units into the US for launch day before the tariffs took effect (not to mention Nintendo's profits being affected all along). As reported in TechCrunch, IGN, Polygon, etc.

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Title: First Date
Fandom: Viola come il mare (category: tv)
Author:

veronyxk84
Pairing: Viola Vitale/Francesco Demir
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 440 (Ellipsus)
Spoilers/Setting: Set post S2.
Summary: Their first official date should be easy—after all, they’ve known each other for two years. Instead, anticipation hits hard as Viola and Francesco prepare for their first night out as an actual couple.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Challenge: #508 - Anticipation

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( READ: First Date/Ficlet )

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16 Doctor Who icons from 12x08 The Haunting of Villa Diodati

Check out the rest here. <3

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Today, the Greatest Generation is all but gone. The fingerprints it left on superhero comic books still linger, but we’re always interrogating what its legacy means to us. But one thing was clear enough as Germany reunified: the “unreconstructed German Nazi” trope, common in comics of the 1960s, was aging out of relevance. Giffen and DeMatteis (and Medley) wanted to be the ones to lay it to rest. It would be defeated by…age itself.

Edit to add: next entry will come late on Monday--I'm traveling and might not get enough unbroken time to finish it for a little while.

( If only being a Nazi today MADE you old, like M. Night Shyamalan’s beach. )

snowynight

grated peel of one lemon
¾ cup sweet butter
7 egg yolks
1 cup sugar
½ teaspoon baking soda
1¼ pounds flour

Cream butter, add sugar, lemon peel and soda. Mix well, add yolks and beat again. Add flour gradually, beating dough constantly until well blended. Chill.

Published in Recipes from American National

Edit: previously missing filling recipe thanks to

ehyde

FILLING

¾ cup ground walnuts
1 cup sugar
7 egg whites beaten stiff
2 grated apples

Mix nuts and sugar. Add them gradually to beaten egg whites. Then fold in apples. Roll out two-thirds of the dough and line sides and bottom of an ungreased baking pan. Add filling. Roll out remaining dough and lattice over top. Bake in 250 degree oven 45 minutes to one hour.

kitewithfish

Reading Journal for March 6 2026

What I’ve Read
And Other Poison Devils by Twig (https://archiveofourown.org/works/77727411) This one requires a little explanation.
So, last October, AMC did a new show in the Anne Rice cinematic universe that they’ve been building with Interview with the Vampire and The Mayfair Witches called, in full, Anne Rice's Talamasca: The Secret Order. I don’t recommend it – the show is weirdly heterosexual for a Rice-inspired tale, and for a spy story. They really do not delve deeply into the implication of having an untrained telepath as our main character. The show is so generic they literally named the main character Guy.

But! To you, dear reader, I am kinder than to myseI am a completionist and also a Bill Fichtner fan, so I watched Anne Rice's Talamasca: The Secret Order. It’s not great. It spends a great deal of time setting up Guy, and then all the payoff is for other characters who were introduced somewhat haphazardly. However, the extremely specific Guy has some great slashy scenes with The Vampire Jasper – it’s classic handsy male actors making intense eye contact from four inches apart, and it appealed to enough people that there is a little fandom built up about it, myself included. THIS FIC is fantastic – it picks up a number of threads the show dropped and weaves them into a compelling personal narrative of a young vulnerable man who falls into the hands of a powerful older man and dedicates himself to his cause – and of course, unlike the canon, it’s well written and they fuck. Great work, Highly recommend as well Twig’s shorter work, The Hunter and the Gun (https://archiveofourown.org/works/75005866) which is closer to canon and also deeply fun.

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik – The final book in the Scholomance series, about how the main character takes down magic capitalism from the inside. It’s wonderful payoff on the world building of the series, and good character work, and my god, Maw Mouths are just so much more horrible on the re-read than they are the first

What I’m Reading

Sword Heart by T Kingfisher - an excellent fantasy romance. What if Geralt of Rivia was assigned to protect a busty older woman with shitty relatives?
Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers -Static

What I’ll Read Next
My Real Children Jo Walton
Sunshine Robin McKinley

Work in Progress
I finished my Sock Madness qualifier socks after the deadline, but with enough done to be a cheerleader. I think I'll call it a win!

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glitteringstars in writethisfanfic - Check In: Day 8
umadoshi - Quick and perfunctory weekly proof of life
smallhobbit in fan_flashworks - Anticipation: Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: An Unexpected Situation
cyberghostface in scans_daily - Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, Part One
lanternglass in fandomcalendar - Link Click: Penrose Steps (Poetry Anthology) - Applications Open
mxcatmoon - Pondering love vs. friendship
rmc28 - We won!
marycatelli in books - The Way to a Beautiful World
ride_4ever - oh noes...daylight saving time again
musesfool - that wasn't a no
resonant - Cat farewell
case in fandomsecrets - [ SECRET POST #7001 ]
case in fandomsecrets - [ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #1001 ]
brightknightie - Fannish options & enthusiasms | March 2026
veronyxk84 in fan_flashworks - Viola come il mare: Fanfic: First Date
magnavox_23 in icons - The Haunting of Villa Diodati - Doctor Who icons
tcampbell1000 in scans_daily - Generally Hoary: JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #50 (JLI 66)
snowynight - Saturday Cooking: Apple nut pita
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I know. I never write, I never post...

Check In: Day 8

Quick and perfunctory weekly proof of life

Anticipation: Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: An Unexpected Situation

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, Part One

Link Click: Penrose Steps (Poetry Anthology) - Applications Open

Pondering love vs. friendship

We won!

The Way to a Beautiful World

oh noes...daylight saving time again

that wasn't a no

Cat farewell

[ SECRET POST #7001 ]

[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #1001 ]

Fannish options & enthusiasms | March 2026

Viola come il mare: Fanfic: First Date

The Haunting of Villa Diodati - Doctor Who icons

Generally Hoary: JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #50 (JLI 66)

Saturday Cooking: Apple nut pita

Wednesday Reading Meme on a Friday - March 6 2026

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